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find purpose and meaning in their life. “It helps students identify different points in the journey of questions,” Holden explained. “It shows what the process looks like.” SIL director Eva Johnson, assistant education professor Steve Woolworth and assistant philosophy professor Pauline Kaurin made up the second panel. The three related their experiences in college to how things turned out in the rest of their life, an exercise first year Erik Arnits found especially helpful. “I really liked
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. “You really need to be on them, and make sure they are successful,” he said. “If I’m not being strict and on top of things, they aren’t learning and I’m not doing my job.” That doesn’t mean the class doesn’t have fun. Birthdays and family events are celebrated. Teachers are encouraged to become part of the community. Pfaff said that the PLU philosophy of getting involved and making a difference has stood the in-the-world test here. “The world really does need people who care,” he said. “Alums with
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than a decade. “He’s very interested in the arts and saw this as an opportunity to do something different.” Howell spent most of his life growing up in Fallbrook, Calif., but thanks to having a father who worked for NATO, he had the chance to attend boarding school in Rome for three years before heading to college. Howell majored in economics while at PLU, also concentrating on religion and biology. Involved in many activities around campus, including philosophy club, student radio and yearbook
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student from music,” Haven said. Haven’s teaching philosophy extends beyond the band room and is reflected in his motto: pursuing excellence as musicians, students and citizens. “I want my students to grow as people and think outside of themselves,” he said. “I hope they take what they do in music to help our school, their community and the world.”Haven’s work already has impressed his former instructors. “Micah is my former trumpet student and is just absolutely a truly world-class teacher in the
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campuses that we need represented in the Think Tank. … Recognizing that public health cannot prevent sexual violence by itself, Think Tank participants will represent public health departments, sexual violence coalitions, researchers, law enforcement, and college and university staff and administrators.” As part of Not Alone: The First Report of the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault, the CDC and the American Public Health Association, in collaboration with the departments
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direction and after-graduation plans to work as an emergency room scribe to ensure medicine was a good fit. After working as an ER scribe for a year, Arnits headed to medical school in Yakima at Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences to study osteopathic medicine, followed by a residency in Michigan at Spectrum Health Lakeland. His wife Hadley, who he met at PLU, accompanied him and worked in insurance while he attended medical school. Now 34, Arnits works as assistant director of the emergency
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(intensive care unit), postpartum wing, and medical-surgical unit through the COPE Health Scholars program. Maqui practices patient care for the COPE Health Scholars program. “Each floor [of the hospital] had unique aspects, and I learned a lot from every area. Completing the program was meaningful, because I spent so much time and effort on it and enjoyed every second,” says Maqui. The COPE program gives high school and college students the opportunity to work closely with health professionals in a real
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PLU business alumni Bradd Busick (MultiCare) and Andrea Adams (Nike) talk mentorship Posted by: Zach Powers / September 17, 2020 September 17, 2020 Andrea Adams ’15 and Bradd Busick ’99, MBA ’09 discuss business, mentorship, and seizing opportunity.Adams is Direct Strategy & Portfolio Manager at Nike and a former PLU student athlete. Busick is an adjunct business professor at PLU and chief technology officer and vice president at MultiCare Health System. Read more about Adams’ path from PLU to
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PLU Athletics returns to action with new COVID-19 testing protocols Posted by: Silong Chhun / February 18, 2021 February 18, 2021 By Veronica CrakerPLU Marketing & CommunicationsDespite the challenges of COVID-19, PLU student-athletes have returned to play. In December, the Northwest Conference Presidents' Council announced competition could resume as long as federal, state, local and NCAA health directives permitted. Since then, PLU Athletics has initiated a COVID-19 testing strategy designed
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for them to enter graduate programs that build on their quality undergraduate foundations.” The agreement will streamline the process for PLU alumni applying for admission to Puget Sound’s Master in Public Health and Master of Education in counseling programs. Likewise, the agreement will streamline the process for Puget Sound alumni applying to PLU’s Master in Business Administration, Master of Science in Marketing Analytics, and Master of Science in Kinesiology programs. “For more than 100 years
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